Jj, THIRD SERIES
For the Watchman.
BLUE LAWS
Torv" and the Trumbull were Whiir and railwav track lie wan iniured:-by. a." train,:
patriot, although at that time alt partita' vi- WhereOpbn he brought, suit against the'rail
olently protested that tlwy . were ,loyaj rub yoad company! for damage for the inpirie
fe i v;...: n.iffwUnt 'P ".In jecl ol limlieorK." Dr. Trumbull, instead hlclfhhsKll-rm-ltrea. Jiie conn-wwifu
M. n.e 4th iitZ in hi peculiar of """.I"
iCf1"-" ' v.ii .iimiM an elaborate
rw"- .... . , .-
TSiic vein, alltm,,! ,
1 . ,!,eltiritaiiH, and wuuh
that iU.e. Blue L
flt ntvfcr h;J aii1 existence
ould' have hw
Law of iNew
except in the.
the liev. fSiumiel
oviiur Dr. reter's statement, i. referred anaic.st Dim iibon the trounci, ti.at ihituik inure and stale uus
r ti l.: j- t- n :......... .1.. ..i ik. i. i.ii.umiti.u iiiiiiwiMiiri JMiiii3r fUKwmuiiMj u
t aw iiiuiu ittir, xr. 4 . ieiiK ; men mir : .-w. -v- . j,i nJiB-ii,
gallows-tree. . Whipping at tbe cart's tall, through
town alter town,, ana limiting- that, whipping as a
mercy (under the remonstrances of Charles II. to
three towns), boring the tongue through with red
hot iron, ana enuuig unslly with , the gallows this
was funtan ugvuutwu, i unuer one premise mat
v oe consouaaieu. this poim-
te very eoriier-stone. of l-u-
Jilt, ul
toWttff...., L ablet mr view uWUib ! sol I'"'!
44
tT. -i i
lf ii vindicate
tV'? Ju and it,, tab body of Chr
. ..a. i.d been! must uijiistly rfle.ud
ufSU P tiid the Pail-deJpbi
f a! Is. t ntr I'inanirfffa a! Urn t tirwi.
alive So I laiagine Dr. TraiubulPs evidence traveling; he wan not entitled lo recover from aniest!! error ot our ancestors, an error which oeran
will not weigh much with .an unprejudiced the railroad. jlfJUiliad not been violating: the with the very settlement of j the colony, was a uoo
I"" rrumb-dl, law, he w-aildj h"r
iic nn i'i"t ..- "p'ii in . ... . .., , - - iu uuaiurv umixuiutsumvi wmiwucu , ; - .... e - - t, t wlii .
oftillilvHiji Dr.? l)arhl.T aaioiilaf law t thwi eiren at tbiady Mlawluiiile&i?i. ) .hJt f eem. , mil li:-.nMaidji JSir. Garnet T,:rj ,i VT ! " i i ' J . - 5
4J t.-jA
J :
Aiau iwwi-;, . ,
i i'.l ui llailviiu fltimifl In i tjniiiiBr1liii
:s....iivmi'if r. nor rnwe iuin : .. .
' . :. r A.. ;.f 1 fart ( Ur. IV Uat cnnlent luim-elr wuM call
1 1 wrote m.i.- v. . . r .
ine ircier M st , ;r "
the Doctor hrxl ntMnea out-h , a "thief,"
l aia pei fectl j willing to cwntrast the earljf
'law if New Eudand With tht( ef tbe QVitber
a PteAvlorimji
colmuns. 1 atquiuto ot any
ie niititer. Hut it did
Jd have care-
i. ;
Vl . Md Mie article I" me i unaci
2 1 if Ma that it. rtflecle! in the mofl
.till lll .
tip" W r ?i .
"f Til. rone i 111
"SLarlelii. the 1'bil
irtaoner upon - w-.ft..
o J .r tlut Jl i ha4 tlKrii toJ AO, i
ifS q'Hit aiJ va-iirfercd llMtl tie
ft i f Blight ha re lone ao. It w I rue, h i
r-' ., i .. i inn Iia iui. ihai tnt
f iji.ri.il. h V aUontH he
t'Sij Pi.iuJelphia Ie4vUrian.
ff tlii'N'e Ertjtfand : Ei-,a",'H were
r I wa not :ireartd to iu-de, t
19"' . . iii( . Vi.ttu.mtlintA tit Vn '"lllJllllfl
' tkauahtV nettMury Unit tne i unwnM eubOiiiuel
ffr.-i. J.,ij r,nmLihtt lor ltlte 2 a Law that way,
iWr.:r7..'.... ... jolneame
StSlii
or iiot--inU I eer-
tU cuiiW not oirc- .
LmaH intimated not lo9 ajo, that i' wm m
te$rt4f tie Episcopal Church that the yeuu
fnidfttie'Ulue Xiif A"Wd 6e maintained,
to the coiilIumou luil
" It i true lb! l'hihi-
I YJ T . i u- . . . - - - . I
. n 'I imf liiifV! fall New Ltli2l;itil
fii-eopacf ii willing to nt-ar an uieifviufme
Ji.-Ueaa Ot junta, jrum uny tii " v
i"r " i . - i . . i
Jrlj liit arjikie ilid go pa to na v, in a tone of
iL2 a'iMl l-nialiitnitr wlife-li i not enviable.
the l-,picopai
last centurv are
to have been a 't of CaNtin,
hoc?-
iM)itNMi--r I
M kiiiJ lnueeual:! Im true that
llelui-Wiitehefirutli." .
I fl'rtpie. h'iunelf a highly gralied
Itci'K 1 luve had the-eandor l julmit tht
ielJIiie X!"" fever1 had an exi-tem-e w
Mofiialutts. Anl in renj-oiife
S I.
Very feittiemanly way of on1m-tiiig a i onlro-
ver"-J !1 Cat he i i:t-o a prejudice! wiine,
aid a nalnral enemy of Dr. l And the liev.
Tlw)ma W. Coit,'D. D-, a learned and mot
t'Hiiuialdeckr'tnian il.w.fcfs ilr. Tfijrnbnll a
unfair in qnl:tkit as he i irtinl ami
prejtidiet-d. The latter profci'iHd to: q not e from
a note in Colt' Mlitrr jftf:P4iritani,ni"
(True Blue.Lawa, 323 r regard Jo which
"qmitation Dr,1 il ha jthUay : j
'ow.-out ol this note, the editor of The iTrae
Eluetawa cuiii th iirat exuuue. tucks It to a
Kt nbcace eveuiteu ilnea leiOw; gjjrhkeH line sen
teuoe ta en from mt. burk by leaving out a portion
ot it beanutf most materially on hid 4rUoiMiiat ,
1 lri'luia uitiii genuine poUtlcal liberty lo.splieof j
KtiooS1. very auoiig. e auplea to the uouTraryii cuta
out even lue vuru dome in lite clucilng Uue ; and
ttdtiQ puiip oir iiic uiiute u Lue jaauiacUire ui uie .
fuiiLAUiauu.' ii the uetaieu ana OUen.,
reters naa Ueuieu U cumeiUaru uisijory la
tne uutuor ot -fujltanisui' woukt nave ;
eaitor ot -'Iiie ii uo-inue . wa In aie te- i
t j-u tyisins ue nas exoenaed on iAni. lie
would even asvc helped aim oat - quoiin ar hu
ashlaiaiu.e iXtibl.i miiiaAituol iilt luW, J-mtn
tti o.j.jrti.n t o . ni. Tue excuse wLlcLir. Luau
ta umae mr ' Utj laeucadi oi ura'tuera. about a
quarter ota century bluce, and. walcu has JBevrr
been answered, was tiiut he a us far irutti his books
aninelini enforced in t'onneettcut :
It Is costorhary for the wori.lnsr people from the
tenement houses of New liaven io stroll Into East i ConUrv. Dt-atU lor i Aere waa iuflicted in
haven, on Sunday anernoons, aunng uie uoi sea- "Aniu liite ear atieriheW i.nidtih.
son,ln auertoiJbreathof country air. ontheoe ' ai-'atnu i-eii iiuy i f ar al imnejasl iUhii.B
caslons referred to, the East tiaven authorities gave . hient d the kind in England.- HassaehQKelta
no warning of their mtcLTU.ns, but, anowed the ueo-; badfio act f t leiatibVr lor hesrly a century,
pie to enter thertown as usual, aud to ramble about Ttuflhiriian. weie iivSl a . uiidei Kualirdi law.
at will; but on attempting to return to thelf homes 'iaT Vnau lf ? iMH." T TV
fhey werelaterilepteXby. and tvj caimvd.thei MWttic from Magna
stationed at all! roads leading cut of tho iown, and ChurUt. A lid jet, r.otwitht tai-dii g this fcame
bv whom they mere arrested, locked trp over nljrbt. ir!r..Bi'4rhiiirt.r-i.r t.l.Vti 'nfiiviild: that thn
. fniin.in hiHri.t trn jin. t - . . -.:
ttUU vn f fiv cviiun, AUK UM' ill vivruuv. vwi v m urTiiw
Bray, who found them guilty ot utdking the t-rreets
on Sunday, and Imposed a hue of from 3 totioln
eachcasPi' While the vteltlnjr citizens were thus
; routrhlv handled. lheclUzens of East Haven were
; allowed their usual license, which Is say In? a good
: alnal im il fci 1 it M i i mm mmh mw4k m Ii 1 1 i.nf rim sk-M In 1
: earriacres were aermltted to Bass unmolested. Ihose .ire4vteriftRi fated ,hotiuiUch better while
who could not afford- to bfre carriages were alone ; Quaker and UaptUts -were treated witbintol
' SeSiW i Sable cruelty aJEWX. --tuiies being
thos orcasionsi out tuey were oniy worKing-men, tuipriwuru...MfiieMiUT- "fuir-
and their case attracted -very little attention. , rr -i timeVi whipped. rCt3rcd. and banged. And
"Bin i lit? rvuTii nttciii iTv iu i-urn itii w rmun r cue
same law prurtofced a widely different reMiu. Time,
euueauon, aau a iarg ivaux vi lnieuiKeov citizen:
have left very, utile i txjnneciicui's a i.tn,icui
Enffland't Enemlet.
. - i ' ' i ).. j ;i UJs.jfJ (-
And JTote She it GMhc) Along H fliim
. Loxdos, September 19. A dispatch to "."f J1"'
KU, ttjrt,,uiientU4Ni ngaiuat ddno Se-, ryjrfr:- ; invaluable qualities of atrcngtb, aora-
cocuem .wiit ue reauiuei j&ir uarnet. X. i V? i , V. JTOV- c K;iitv kJ r fi:.k .-,11 ,,-
Ottr readers mast toot be arnr!iied If I"
1 J ... . . i I
ia spoon uaiier 4r lieast lintler, as w I
id to krrnw him' best, rons in as Gov-
emor of Massachusetts tbia year.' Laat!
year lie made bold posh; and aftar can-
L a a". . . ? . . - f
fnng uio iemocratie ' Uonrentlou 1 came bTosMnn and nnconih. -fVrowih
hear aecarinir an election at! tho'tolla-'l8- "JMSpnn nqounv gromn.
two nomiuatious, and ; will be glad to learn thnt it possesses
4 .Persons vrho kno? tuo, ahsntaa
onlrns a' aliade tree; TfSth'Us" nan-
: pHtitauUm In that city ; and the attempt this year
; wa3 met bv an Indignant protest irom all classes.
! Tbe attention of the count ry was attracted : and the
! crtthrlsins; that f were. levelled at the Hlue Laws'
i were penerally so severe that tht re Is not a proml
i nent man in the; state to-day. 8jve the Her. Mr. Ba
con, who jrould.hazara a word In defense ot the ab
. surd statues."
A to Xo. il, nearly: every one f the inhi-
Chuuh ol Bnglabd should ,ci j y all her lib.
ertie," ' Her chfidn ft in'Kew rJugland hud uo
4iberty at all.1 11 er minister afld ber nieinber
, m ej barbarously treat rd atd bauihed. To
Tu hteK to etabliKh her civieaw was a crime,
j.'i time) wiuppea. reimrgeq. anu oangea. Ana
jxritecMfJoa out crvi" Judge Story Vay,
n ' cktti f t ceased ht be hvfeS 1 1 must agree with
2 Dr.Jfrlers tbt :the .ccletiiaMtcaii Courtu of
insiaut, wneu an tne troops will be with- I "'" w . carneniry ana caDinct worn, ireeuom
drami fwin Zululand, except a amall col- tot.-In- fact, the; traigtont-t-;;;.
unin eugugeU iu pacifying Uie North weat. niotntto made anh
Two British reaideuu. reiuuin . in North we doabr vhther they will ' being orfeed.t?ithoutrnjaix t
aiid South Zuloland ,,, oh ; .4. W W 'tf'Z' i,The itod &ith'i''iidli or no wataeill k
i The Tmef Dttubar correspondent re-1 r m election aloud; Talbott, I aaa Wiiiiiuw or.no waisc. H w a
porta that Cetewavo will be ; placed on RepK,'7rl? l?.11 1 043S 8 Abtt. 1 rajd groWmW ftceakiU kn'opjO
board U,e eunboat Foreater,Ht Durufbrd. tSllW evvil ln. )
one-iwentieinoi tue aggregate vote it moat " 1 " (. , t - i
... -.ir-. trin wi uisiDcnneu w enter tue canvass, mia - posea suaaiions on me sea coast, ana !
ardered to KM. 41 "'." "FZL" in the interior. It season readilyw I
at Herat ma- PnPltt,j?2iul"vf 'tV'f'f CiirU '"li'r:::
tlieircoin-, 1' ';c7' ocra5 TMI Wl? f7 IW n- i
.m, i , n 4rrK.i"T w";"?!" ae pleasant odor which charactcrixes the
. . - ir.iiiiH iiviii Lilt: ten iimnuinn" imnirnri i
evi uianatdi,aava! " . -.r - r-rrrrr" . ..-f. o- t j ...t. .. ;.' .-r.'.i t
. ' r -r ' wooa 'wnen irreery. nass i
hkl Kni;la-PPVare
tI iHd the liritan of I lie
Xr'fbvi liim "to have bet-n
l,j rclWl'ie, l.igoted dwM-tder-1
1 uikrtake to refute a eonfiiiplu
iiikiiid? it in iiideedXah! !
fsho ever
Ibe Kev.:
! H III IH-
tO mviiiur
ii-v cm 7 be -
1 ltT : on li e
id tl
iiriU ol die HoiiTJ. ll-miiuoiid Trunibull
sources oJ ineiuOry. uaa fat! had the docamttatary union mere luuiiu can w proven to uaeuetii
testimony aut ehslble to Dr. Cuai ia the doctor's j rigorously eiiioreed. Eoihcopaliaim wrt- not
leariesa uasviUon waathat he. wuU.d have been a ,...u. k. wtKi i ..tuilin'&niiY i K
i .... ...... - f '
mod; prtwrihed in the I'ryer-book but they
a ra'uii oi'tie!iiiri ttt ilil-riiy ol char
r p-liuvint wriiten a Uwik, cntiilel
jfriie I Hie Lf ,' ic ' 1 seem not to
Iri4aii4 ihe dieuie llvieM lie Lex
Icraiidt'ie Lei hoiC Script i tyvn U
t)iif tiave been enacted by the Legllalure,
iliilSb "are jjlaliiie uch a nuy le !iiul
Ii iyf lieviiad (W' and Jwk ol uwige and
kni, wliich are geperally known a the
lfuoii'Rnw of iliecpuiitry. - Nw the Uevr
Eefersdoe nut nay the Jilwc Jjnvt ever
.dkiifxi?Uiive, us a rode. Such an ex rea
loijioouM nowhere in hi "hisioiy." Onihe
E ' I ..... ... i .
iKrfi rtrT.he sfaif exnlM Hlv. tl.ar tne
flfrirerefvever ulled to be printed ; but
jpi! ullawihs ulttch ol ome of them will give a
hI( nlilkilra of the fjiirit which" pervade the
Jiulf"! Hist. Coitii i. 57. Then AUown hi
?Jicli?of tiese law,- none of iwhich are
!:Afier giving this 'Vkfctch," he
iikt: fauil iiuula4aws stiH'r-i." e. jut
pcfireklte (JevoIutioiiary - war fitvair ov r
ISt'p Eivl;iijl a the Common Law of the
.intryi" lAiul Mr.; Trumbull evjn doe not.
jamjjujit t quoie Irbni Peter aiythfiig to'
wilinijr dial the iJiue, Laws were enacted in the
fiorf ni'; eW. i Moreover, the er'i Maniple
fiefroe U.ue Lw' which LM r. Triun
:l''iilRvii In hi book,: show tiiat the view ot
iheHrij. dam net i'elcr. -uikhi thi point, l
liifregfbiie. . : ! . i ?
I l-ill ll rtuiemlered by the reader of my
fiffef IwnuiiiiiciilioiMi, thai. 1' did hot make
(lilfr. Sljuiiiel Meiers- ' aiy own witnea" in
bvflrof thi? genuiiiene of the Hlue Lutes. 1
iiiiSmt tvtn quote a fingle one ol hip "Laws"
1 -frrret to 'quote olhtT- auihoriiie nota
kl:iuv. llmctunHoir, of -Mn"a. Iiusetii, a
pjMthriiyj among the pAii iiin, to idaiw
M ynagne eiale.l lava, of the ;, colony-joi
Mtfiicliiisf itsr-m ;elven wore than any i bing
joijjait.'U u tbe iioalled ciale" of I'eier: 1
iiJ-iitil;lr. iVleh i rg'aTnM the chargea of
iJfrJXrjjmloll Stud lolher l'.iriian auilaiil,
ht-llevnt lliM i-liiiri-li-r siliit' meuiorv
OT flle llfail 4inr., rii.l.iJ I. i.l K. i. cm II v iiiui
i " i " l.lllli III!.. .(.
lilV av.iili.,i i.'itl.,.i,i Uim' 'i.r..,il' u. lmtt.i t r
J r "vM'fcy -Ciuecii:ui' waihit puo-T"ft,Kif4,-
and ait bough Drl'etei did
t'fettl thV rajr.,1 iM.iieol the i
itpiMoriari iitulei'took ""lo ibludy ' dispute
Ji ipii asii fier J,e hatljong-bt eii dead and
T'f'libeiacis were lJu-n loo frnli, and
NfMj-had btddly !.t.iied, that the jcviduiee
wuiiiitt- llieni i .wmn In hi poieii.ion. The
ltf4ifliliU pupeff will 'recollect the inter
'mifitur of ihe l-Vtlerai ofiktr alio re-ent-"jltiidjiifed
as ljse Oeu. Duk ITavUir's
mtot about the ''ureaM plaits" worn by
"fficer. during ile lale war. The
f Iml ""I ailerjCleif. Iayhr" dtatl butter
WMltlV the l':u-l.'WU. t, iM-i-nl anil tit-n
. , - .... ;-f . .
t verHioii wum iiroruiilu audVvei whrl-
i'S VHidi'-ated bv' bulb C oiihlernte nd
If! pit Utni 'Taylor's defWr bad
;'ftearog loiit-r tbey auiiild pr-on-"y
''ifhe.fn more hikcvs-IiiI, "a the living
M'l? 'e lact in the coiilrovVr-v wwild
"lliare Jii-wetl trunk iht. w-fiit' .r :n lion, and
till a....'.v: . . I
T- stunts ;im iiivfn l,u lrin(r iinnii III'
Wiiju-i dilute would piobably hot have
" rn.rvt'l. - .
!' ni J V revnllll iotiarv rcmrAn nf ilir .wn
MJt-. . , -:. . .
TTHUli Hiiintn .rL ..ii. ..I.. ...I l.u
J'd recovery! Vhy 'cannot' the oricina
"tienbhrif i ii.l-...i... .. i.i i.-
f 1 i ; 7 r v.,(i nil vi 1 iiie iitien i v
.1,ar there mujit lure been a good manv
r "matfe 04, iVVhaHiave becmc of the
J!; idlTi....' i. L r ........ J ,.o-t.
rip . 3 litre is the old jdt of., the town ?
ylpiWe augit-st how difficult it i now
, s .f'Kieilhj rforoiliiee old doiument to
mt aliich have, long wnce paired into
.t . . . . 1 1 . 1 1 n ' . i 1,1 Ii.iihm. nnn ill;. Air.
JT"fB.M muerjPuritaufiapidojiisl and
TOllNii Dtr. IVw aa. a liar,
ii 'fr' W n,e"tib"",d' by re'e',v td Ihewe
1 . " "'""t mniM-i iU of the lot, cannot tie
rjT,aimJ,etl hy-the i-riHiuciion of the original
U. . rf.-T"lc" reters claim to bave -een
" wllU-h V Ift mi. ii i 'r- i 1. I
tr ' 1"N a huh 1 have lead and own,
ig' j'HI hrtiioir only of the "Blue
iia.fi wu h are extantJ Whc don't he f ul-
tirt ..II . .. .1.. .
lrL, iiioelliat lie lis iMimisiitu
Jt I r"'"fiii in aileonmiencc and lie wa
the . v ""mi to puoltsiL me oilier wu
tiS'?1' Wmi -. are, if anything
l4ri WewHeil ficiion, a I shall
,ivVpr?0rr'k ',f,er", to he a lying one.
HiiYtf p' ' .j "r iTrnmbnll, a pem.nal en
Tfiimli iw "ml member -of the fame
til T?V wndly 1,0 caned Dr. leler to flee
kL?y ,n ih rear J774. after threat
he wAd have
w orse lilsAorlaii lor oouueciicut man be u already.
Ur. chauln uiidc taat asaeruou fearlessly beture las
couirovtrJaiist, lr. iusunctl, aud after ue uad itrt-
senUrd the lsue of his personal researches, lie a as
one oi tue ci -iseot textuaties ever taowa ; ana wuen
he took Lli si and, lie n- ear Uesei ieu nls gus.' Had
he lived till now , and had lie been as long opposed,
we should have found biia i In the newspapers uf
Ilaritord as unfaU&ued as ever,
ine crntc of i'urltaidsm' in reference to Vlrgla-
la has suown a want of appreciation as to LUe real
points or iiistory, uuiiaiuuim u ieuiy 10 pnuiea
auiuoiliies, upon which It is ueedleas u cuiiiiiient.''
Tiielliird witut-H against Dr. Peter iti'Ilti
Method Ut Quarterly Ilctiew," lor Januaiy,
llie reviewer aj ot Dr. t'eler.s : -ri e do not
iirojiose to speiid luuuy word UMiu hiui.i lie
wax a man utterly incapable ol leliing the
li nib on any sul jeit. " Uui iouslx enoiuh,
bowevtr, the very same nuiub.r ol tbii Ittneic,
tail on aiiiiierii jeel, eoiilain a doeunidn, in j
the loi iu of a letter purHriing lo have; been j
written bv tliift aiiie Dr. i'elti, who I tie- '
4Titl in uiu ai ncle at i clergy in in 1f repect-jIJe-riiaiai
i. r, possessing taienti and xteiiMVe
ieainiiig, bavins bad p.iroihial charge Utt ihir-
ty eaiiu Loi.don II wa aim h.. ill tliat he
was lihhop eieci f Vtiinoiii, 4-iid1 win. r. fused
ei'lixeiallol. oil llie ground llial V'eriuolit had
not ui?rilKil lo tiie constitution. Dr. Peler
it eenir", wm neeucu a a willies it) the one
caty bin not in iheotber. " ; '
P i welcome to make the mof of hi wit
nee against the dead . lergyiuau. j Such evi
deuee belore a court of ju.-dte would niit be
eidei taintd for a moment At all even s the
evideneeof Mr. llimuan once Secretary of
State, for Connecticut, and that of the Rev- Dr.
(Jhnpin would more than counter balance them.
The latter slated pointedly that he had l.ad'uptti
!i ccw to U(x;uiMfMu-yauiboi iitts, and used tfKUi
reeh'. and ii now appear that it Dr. l'eier
Ifad had my ad vant ige, be luiht have been a
- ..... . . . . . i j .
worse ni-'ioi ian lor Voiuiecuciu mail ne is ai
readv.'' Mr. Tiuuibull ha not- vet Cailtd
either of these genileiueil Hart, or lJuereai but
1 do not know how long be will pare them.
P would make hi readei believe; that there
never were any such laws as "Jiluel LuvtJ at
all lhev mot all have been .invented and
forged by Peier. Of course, there were jsome
luw "decidedly bluik"i.iil he savi.r'uluUh i
no more blue, than the counterfeit itheh ent
ity." 1 caii'i imagine how any mind capable
ol rtaoutug at all can argue in tb.il way. i l'n-
ritaiic, 1 supiKie. i not at all li kef I urilan
bill i ii counterfeit. The lilh article of re
ligion is Hiitl to be CWcaawfie--lherelure! it i
the caricature and counierfeil of ealtanuin ! 1
raunol appieciale such a style of logic. It will
nt even pas for a reHetable rhetorical flinr-
ish 1 There are dxeuo( looks wrilten ujion
the. "Blue Laws" and scarcelv anv of Jthcin
iiy from Peter ami none of them are said
lo bt fale except Ihose ol r eterf aim yet Wi
are told that there were no "Blue Law" t all
and M'-iretdv anv that are "bluish and er-
lainlv nme except sucli a ought to be; de
lendtd!" ; - .
If Neii' Abridgment; and the book of
-. . . . l : . . r i . ..i . . :. ..ii
Other l tinu.n writ. r r.fis.-eii iu iniii.uii aii
the re-oriis olthe "iilue Law, 11 uiibt kIo lo
quoie them agiiinst Dr. Pelei, but thy heing1
d. .iid to their party. I 1 1 out aim! are iyhd
"uniiei essary truilis," in-the same uiann. r that
Mr. J. I lanituoiid i'runi!ull luis done inlmod
t rn day. I hive not been nUe to obtain a
cupy olthe '"vltracl," but Prof. Scheie De
Yen-, or the University of Virginia, in his vol-
unr of "Americanism (p. 273) ayn, ( "the
auiheiiticiiy of the (anion lwa of New Haven
knowrt a ihvJUve Laws' have; been
often denied,; and Dr Peters' well known Axok
on the subject ha ! n declared a libej, but
thev are M-nfirrued Uyoml a doubt by the re
print of tht Abstracted Law of New j Eng
land hi (Joveriior 'llotc1i!ni.nt Collection of
Pinter, where (he ideuTreul provisions niav be
found." "Why did lud Mr.. J. Hammond
Trumbull publish thi 'Almlract' in hi 'True
Blue Law," if he wjshed hi reader to ee lor
themselve what the old Blue Lar wt re. ( ov
er or llutcbinsuu ought to be a trust wurtl.y
witne, a he was a Puritan himelf,a learned
man, and muclt eteeuiet allhimgh it is .said
that "he lovel fame, and feared, giving of
fenie" aud hence he "publidied a few only
of those trnilnv which failtd not to, pnMiire
him a proportionate share of popular distrust
and odium." i j
Peter did not number hi MBJue Laws," but
lhev are generally quoted by number foircon
veniei.ee consisting altogether of 45 sections
ofwIui'h'P ''virtually admits the truth juf all
except 5, to wit : , I
1. "No one shall travel, emik f victual,
make bed, sweep jiotisc, cut hair, Or shaye on
the rjal.bath day." ,M - j
20. VXo wiim in shall kiss her child on the
Sabbath or Fasting day," - i
31. "Whoever wear coath trimmel with
gold, silver, or lame lace, I aliove two shilling
by the yard, 'tdiall be presenled by the rard
jurors, and the ieelectmen fhaU tax the ofleiider
at X3t0 estate.'r ! i
25. "No one shall read Com mop Prayer
keep Christma or &iiut-lay, make mimed
pies, dance, play cards or play oiany iinarn
ment of music extepl the drum, trumpet and
Jew's-harp."! .L. - ! .
45. "Lvery male alunll have hi hair cut
round according loa can." i .
These a ret he on I v law in the collection of
Peter which P and the Puritan awdogit and
cVfcnder generally except to. No. 31 improv
ed true, and tto forgery, by Mr. Trumbull him
selflp. I51)i although he' neglects to publish
the4,law" but content himself merely with a
reference to it. A1o No. 19, it wa ceHainlr
il. lw. See Trumbull, pp 184, 252. 28rT. ft
the law now in iwrtlona of
were banished! tro'ii theoionv. We have seen
that the I'liriljins in Kngiai.d prohibited the
rexliui; ul the prayer Book, either publicly of
privately; iid the same spiiit actuated the
rnritau of Nejw Lngland, who would not even
al.ow thj churieh service to he read over the
j,raveof a churchman, according' to Govitnor
lluichinsou itid who prosfciiiiei," punished,
and banisheil all persons w ho taught 'iiaiigr
imih error or Here sies, leixiing to cotrupt mid
destroy the soal ol men" -(Trunjb. 224', and
Episcopalians j were always regaldtd by the
Puritan a tire most dangerous np.igator of
"sedition" and "'heresy," ai.d their Worship W;is
openly and liofdly denounced as "corrupt aud
idolatrous." fcverv reader of liistorv knows
that ihe people of Niw Knaland were not u.'
low. d to keep Chr,ntmuti or iuunt M-1 ni4 ; Inn
4est P uav dehv this. 1 extract the following
foi bis ifiti rmiaium from t:ie lla-s. I'av
Laws, cli. 49,sec. 2. ' Il ls tfiereiore ordired
iewEnglabd. in-theiurte !of Itib yegrn. bor
ed th tonguo with hot needles, cut off the
ear, brui.tli d 'l.f foitiii iids, si d bttiiiilud.im
prisoiM d aialiiaiiged ure Quake a, Baptists,
A.UuiUJ,lt'iter1'i I ipbctiaalbius f.r what
lhev ll kfMiy.i.i'iat'iittmy a a ttitcucrajt
than there ait Smstaiictf l perstcutu in
Fox 1 book f M irrty in
jry nr ut der the htsh-
ou of Englat.d since the death of nertry VII I.
P is very much much mistaken, if be np
pr sit! everj bi'dy has. tie' same M.or opinion
which bo has of t)r Peters kctcbof the Blue
bwi" I have provi'd Iha ii tuned men of
all pajtie quote them with approbation and
this liotwithsinndii g ifr. Trninbuli's feiocious
assault iipnn fhdfr deajd ptuhpiler.' " They are
Constintly bctngrepriidjticed In t he public print a
of ; the country,lbitl religions and secnlar.
e.veii in religiontlraperjiif sneh a high charac
ter a'- the New Y'irk C hitch Onion, edited chief
iy byjj'resliyterin e'ergyccn, as late as June
27, iTrt, repitntii them; all ia full.j ist a tbey
appt iy- ic lVtersf historyhut with this preface:
"When these free Suites were colonies,
Unto the mother nation,
And In Connecticut the gtod
old lue Laws were In fashion.
The following extract from the laws ordained by
the people ot New itaveu, previous to their Incorpo
ration fwlth th'- saybrook and irartford colonies, af
ford aa Idea of thetrange character of their prohl
biUons. as the substance only Is given In the
tran -criptlon, the llanuage is necessarily modern
ized:" i i r ! i '
r's excessive zenl in Itihaif of the Puri-
wliicli leaves with sealetl order.
1 A dispa.ch tititu Cauduh
Hughes' brigade haa beeu
lati. . 1 heuhilzai regiments i
tiuletl on the 5lh and uiurdeml 1
wander."
. The JStandanTa Alikh
..Ti.; i 'i u J : OUTS
mwiigcuwj um uwiiiweimi uere oi ai , Wi.iri -1.--:- i t.li.
i i iiiuio Ducuuicuiug uiiuseii fu luat
li.v. r..lil .n.l ..M ,i.!l .i.1 : V'i ""i no. ian care lo IIWK
tembl. imt brent , at H.r.t.i.TI.. troop, ' I V
iinvn nriniKii nnii mnrnemi pivh ami : j . ' : - " -r -t"" i r i
towards the Kcpabncan camp for further i ,n.
1 Snpport.' His third nomt nation 'comes' n
rreen,
value as 'fuel than
in-'eeneral ii
tse.
gher
of the'iroo
nments maoe
ionr Comes Jn' friA Vronort iWUml t TViiiirtTi
from that quarter; On ThuiSttar luatf Csl m v :i ; 1. ? ;r . i
9iivnc. wiai but; a i itiuiU uiwt.y ,himi
military nuthot itiea." , . , .
it Bombay dispatches report . that , the
t m alt aaa Hal a lkaaaa arailfr fPF aa 1 1 ontritnntiiiA .
tion with Cabal. tJierejwas held at Worceider an Iiidejieu
i Loxdon, Septemlier 19. The
of India telegraphs us follows
notified the- Ameer ot Afganistttu that a - couiiuir as thev do from over the entire the hate it a tveitrht of m431 IbThft
strolls' British totee will march apeedilv ftf,.t i...i;..ta r..n t..- ' a- ;.n!Mt-i,.L7!-Hi'ithi
. .- - ...v- hivj ii Miwiniilll am.M sjwwn.l ii.ii.m .a l ni.liA
te thousand Republican voters. Tliew 'i r.ltr Ify?'
may be regarded as all clmugea from the very durable grape stakes, to vhich
Tulbdtt vote of last year. So that alone1 : Wl I ' bnixl, i. A emit rr.tk.
vi r i 4e,,t RepuWican couveution composed of. a weight of 72,186'Ihs- where the elm
le v jceroy - 37 aelt gates, representing every town- 1ai y Ls.-Umf km ta-t w,.
1: I have ; g hip in the State; except three. These ! yielded to a freight of 54 J07 -tts., arid
j
011 Cubal to his relief, and that he must
use all Ins resources toco-operate and fa
cilitate the mat ch through his country."
hy this ouri,iaiil the a iu horify thereof, thai i tan caused htm to piiblish iin unprovoked as
wbost ev.r shall he f.m mi ol serving 'any suih Lairit iipon 'tpistopacj1" and the ''Episcopal
dav xAjhrmtimus, or tlielike. eltber tvfotlear
log laiHr, leasamv, or any otntr way every
riich iitrson sd ollendini:, shall pav for everv
such" offense five shillings to the C ounty " As
to dancing aud crd plavinr, lluv were forbid
den a a ii:ilt,t;r of course. Whether the Puri
tan forWde ihe making of minced pies, or
playing on the fiddle are .jueslions of very little
importance. ;Suj'x.se they did not, which L
worse, to punish Episcopalians for reading the
lraver-B.ok
.a.f oiiinii ' ! . I III.' rti 1 1 r
1 - vsrvi mam Haswa iiiiciihi iiiiib a ..in k
ifc.Vn' ytarand-.fcatt.ent and deof '1 New Rightist Net long ago a gentleman, m
ill jp? Atmily! were t cruelly maltreated " Massachusetts, after at tendirg church on Sun
tLp.H1'', and ccwniled to leave America dav, instead of - returning promptlv Ihcme,
I!!'. murdered bv Governor Trnm- i vent out of hi way inU ndmg to see if a houe
and keeping Chrislnia. or to
punish the making of minced pie and playing
on the fiddle!. What motive could IS lers have
had in intentihg the last two prohibitions?
As to So 4.), tl.ut i another unimportant
law. It siinnty required the ii l.nb'tauts of the
colon j to! hate their h tirtct in a ceitniu lasli
ioi. IrtV.e laws regulate d diets and manners
geneially;, wfiy net prescribe how the hair
rhott d -4c jcut T As to ho. 2(1, wliy
shimld Peters have iorged that? 1 b c
idea mast bit. e bjon gnurally prevalent in
thrf colony that thi -was one f. thelile
Law" ii iin keeping with the spirit ol the
whole eodcc'tkm Governor II utcbinson nays
iu his his'toiyj. "That smaVtr ofiYhsis were niu
tiplicd Kith .igorotw exactness. And "as this
severity hadjior it otjeci an exemplar nrity
ul uiur ds a:.d religion, which should cxi i d ll
every jk-imi! in society, if of course reached
the more private actiou of iu tcmber$ . and fw
ditdtd oil tltt relatioHihijw tiubtistiug. bcticcn
titan (q ioted bt line). In this conned ion, it
must be r ineinberod that the only code i f the
I'uritaus.wa. the Mosaic, and every magistra'e
hud the power to inuKe us many laws as e
plea-'d. All bjc had to do wastosa that such and
s'.ch cotiutici was coi.t'iaiy to the Hiiw ol Mor
es, and foi tlijwttb, it.bctan.c a law id' the colo.
in for ihe tii)ie being. That the law ol the
I'uniuns weic not only cruel but ridietihwa
and absurd, lall I ho histoiiai s tf 11113' endit
plttuilv et 1 rtb.
d ii tti ly.jit Lirit,i ymp ihizr. in his re
view ol Milton, says . "U e kni iv. that 111 spite
ol their hatred ol poporj , they fell ii.to the
worst vie s oi'thiil bad sj st 11;, ibtolttcrct and
txUatuguut uLsurdity." Akd ilr 1'ictou, in
Notes and Queries "a w riter lei whom Mr. J.
It. Truaibuij vobel es, sns: The pvii.cii les ol
the Puritan' laws"wore logically ntid reletii
W'sslv carried cut In pnu-tice ; scimiinn rs majc
inqondshndikrat the ruthhss svcHJicc of jw-
mau life, audi at other titiies raisihg a fntilc at
the lHdieroHpiihutius8 trttli tclnch t.ictaicvt
tcrHitddkd mtiipriruie ajfairs.'
Mr Trumbull auinits, iLat "the cctaatidlito
ceedings 1 f Njew ilaveu Colony were stigma
tixed as lllues Laws a early as the year 17(5.
(Bine Lawi p. 27). And be quote' front a
i nn phlet i l theil v. No:ih eiles, 1) 1)., "of
Oonucctricut,i 'u zealous ppoi cnt. orr.pic pa
cv," who sji id hi fell iw- relgrotiists: "tu
deed, I had hea d, that wire of them liegin to
be ashau ed 1 11-elr Wife lavs rj Mtc liavtii,
dc. Th' pamphlet whs published in 17b2 10
ridicule Episcopacy, but it pun es the gei eial
recoeuitii n iff tfce'fact that the epithet lliic
lairs was wejl under. o'd In the colony at that
lime, wilballl thut the phiase iipplics. And
he quotes fnan CLief Justice Saiiih.of New
Vork,whoin his l-.istoiy. icblisli-d 111 J7(57.
says, that the blue lavs, iiu-tead of being a code,
"are otiiy reora if cotivicth ns, consibsi.l.
in the judgiticut of, the magistrates, to the
Word 1K11 dj. utrd dictates' of reason" tbe ve
ry e.xn!ftuttd , whteb'Brt Peters himself gives,
3nd which intelligent reader of history kuows
to be lbe5'rreci one. t
P uiake ome iuvidion comparisons be
tween the laws of- New England en tbe oue
hand, ar.d thp-e I Marytsrd ard 'Virginia' on
the other But Virginia hcquH with nniversal
snffrage and kqunKlj ;; While the pu tit alls; so
Uelkiiap. oi'i4" of their ewn wiiti is says, "pro
cceded astriij farther than lie Iliersucby had
ever attemjitid." Lord Ilsltin ore, the R tnan
Catholic Profrietor of Murylsi d, cbfaii ed hi
charter '-on er.diih-n of er'tiie oIe?atioi:. "a
condition imhosed by an Epfseopal soveTiipu ;
imt no sooner bad tee suprctne rower paseu
into the hstds of Pnntans, ttau Roman Cath
olics, aud EjiiseiaHansjs rfVQ al er twiie
sui jeeted to all the indignities ol Pai itiinlut.ol
erence." j : ' ':: '
A candid nd learned Presbyterian writer
speaks thus .f tbe 'dd Virgiuia Lawp : 1 j
"Thpre :waa one blood v law which tmhlected
Quakers, retmmlng from bantshment, to the punish
ment ot death t but no execution ever toof place In
consequence or this pnmen& and It was repealed
soon after the iRe volution of 188. The other laws
were not thenirepeaied, but they were no longer en
forced : and though the statute-book crmttnued to
prohibit toe preaeblrnr and practices of dissenters,
the prohlbltloa was utierlv disregarded, and liberty
of conscience arscllcally real red" (James Graham's
"instory of the United states,' 187, VoL L pp. 1155,
16.t..f -.:! itr-:', - s"!f"'"
TJpo which the Kev. Dr. Coif, an honored
son of Nifw England, and the learned author
of a history id Puritanism, n.akfa this com
ment: I
"Would thati stellar kw rs1rht b
thiirtih,"and toiihaife an "Episcopal Journal
id"high chanwter with a djshonest and dis.
graceful effort o retit all ajteiipt to prove
the Wwetwlbr'etisa. nd iiiaiDtain iheirgeu
iiitie4jss.tH the intercut 6 f tlic Episcopal Church,
I think it come with a peculiar bad gracej
fsotu l im to turn arohhd m w, ai d denounce
me a a ticift teitnesi against the ruritans
and n being glad of ait opportunity to rush
intii ill, on i.l ii- mint, and -'rehash" the evi4
douce against them ( their Ti:batacism,big4
otiy and cautii'gS biricy." P ought not tf
hflvairivpn the nnivocatioti. if hb did not exi
nect it to be repelled. If be had coniaed him
airt. u .Tefi'iist' if Puriitanisiu aloue. ritoonf
making iu just r flectiigis upon tbe Chn'clrof
which I
notuio
am a member. 1 J s
the. matter stall.
r.I
on Id never have
No conscientious
bode of Christiaas can! ufford to have their
hiistiwy. their dcjf rincs or their conduct caricaj
tared und ridiculed in the newspapers without
at least atlemptipg a vindication. I am sorrf
to pee that P indireetly re-uerates Ins charge
of diiplvcity and aud ijlisboncsty for that is
what it ainountsito naiiist a certain "Epi
copal Journal."' which jhe suspects to 1 the
New; Yci'k Chufchmak I know he cannot
sustain the chaige, lof.1 am ti regular render of
thatlpaper. Hut tbo question is one tbatis
1 asily cnpnpableUif ptolf: and the ptoof oaght
tu be furnished, jf in the power ol P to do so -otliaf
wise be shotild retract the charge.
I jcrave the indulgence both of yourself,
llr. ;Edior, and also! d your renders for
ti e length of this eon. ibunication, but I did
not have the time at mjy commaud ti make It
shorter. T Veritas.
Violations of the Law in the Southern
States.
WashiKgtox, September 13. General
Eanui is very much roused by the. viola
tions of the revenue laws, aud he has
airain declared war against the "uiooushi-
jciH 7 everywhere. 1 his class of men has
ngaiu become impudent. , A slioit. time
ago.ii wugou aud stock of tolutcco, seized
b.V Collector lou tig, of Kaleigh, lor a
liohition of the revenue laws by the own-
. a . .a aa.
ei s, were tot ality taken n oiu tne collector
by the State officials of North Carolina,
the act loi nilng a most tiagraut violation
of the statutes of the United States,
i General liauiu ban uow issuetl orders to
institute the most ililigeut search for the
lecovery of this ptopeity, aud to "seize
wherever loiiud and employ a sufficient
force to hold the property ngaitist all
comers, whether with a State process or
otherwise." This letter will be interpret
ed by Ctdlector Young, who was here
yesterday, as an order to tight, and if
Liiecessary, to kill. General Katun believes
that the viola ters ot the law have received
much incidental encouragement to pur
sue their calling from the tone adopted
by prominent Southerners in their public
speeches. When men like Alexander
Stephens enlarge upon the tyratiuy of lh
Government iu passiug laws which forbid
the poor man from converting his own
corn into medicine, very little is to be ex
pected from public sentiment among the
lower classes.
will elect Butler. But when we consider
the strength he will get from among those
Who supported Abbott last year; we feel
that at length, he is about to obtain1 the
limig sought prize. It would seem in all
likelihood he will sweep the' State and
have several thousand votes to spare.
fhe question will then! arise, as to whose
Victory shall it be, a Democratic or Re
publican triumph t Old Ben is neither fish,
tlesh nor fowl. Raleigh Observer
The Spirit of Fraternization.
Wchear ntiich still of fraterniz''tioti,
and manv theories arc advanced as to how
it shall be acccuiptished. lieuuions of
soldiers of both) armies is one of the means
whirh has beeti put into practical oiiera
tioti asa ineani of efl'ectirig "the restora
tionUd the era p( good feeling," and it is
interesting to note t lie success of the titi
dc nuking.- How Gen. Shjennau received
the iulvnuces ntade' tb hint by the people
of Salisbury is well nowii to onrreaderg.
We iiuw copy fnun the Washington Jik
puUicait, - of "the lespling orgjins, its views
ujoii the letter of the General of the ar
mies. Coiicludmg!aM' article upon this
sulyt ctit saysj M ! ! 1
i llis letter is manly aud courteous, and
may be studied with' profit by. those sen
timental Kushers whb are ready to shake
hands across the bliMxly chasm and cast
into oblivion aheebllectiiMi of what it cost
in Hie and tredstive to shve this Nation
from a cruel and bloody rebel Uon to take
its HftC j - ! - ; " ; T
! Ni)fhin: could be tilainer than this Iati-
gnstge. Iheretis no ambiguity here; no
.f..i.rrniHni: mi ilmliriuir the main
nn-stiiin.' The lienublica niwitis that It
i not vet nreiiared to slidke hands across
the hloodv thafeni atid to bury the memo
1 it .11 f itie war unt of siirht. It wants no
fiteinizjitiiin.iaii(l it has the candor to
sjiv so. This ilimS)feriifoTe to the many
i. hnlis which the South! has rei'etveI iu
its overtures for the re-lestablishment of
friendly relations, and how much longer
will w continue to subject onrselves lo
tltem T How inticli longerr will it Iks before
v Kiilli to sicqiueiiy uu 11
tend to our own lUsue9 .vote tne ieui-
Kitie ticket as lieretofol, behave out-
selves and let ifraterniz;itionw take care
of itself t ' We niia! disguste!. We are
tired of this tiling of trying to make
friends with it parctjl of people who spit
upon ns every time we put ourselves with
in taeir reacli.-i-Cltariotie uvierccr.
T
Current Comment.
The coolest specimen of insolence that
ias appeared in the press for sonic months
is the Ti mark of Mr. Hayes, that "there is a
susi)icion "d" trickery hanging about Tilden."
When we consider tnat tins comes irom tne
man who holJ the Prcsidctitial office sto-
en from Mr. Tilc'cn, and that this man has
admitted complicitr in the colossal crime
bv navmsr the vulvar criminals wno per
formed the dirty details of that diabolism.
r pet an idea ot brazen :neeK inai is as
ivel as it is disgusting. There is no bus
oicion of trickery llanVimz 'about Mr. Hayes
hi own acts crvstalized susnicion - into ab
solute certainty long ago. 11 Pott, Dem
In the olden dav and before 1860 the
governing class in the South was notorious-
v thousrhttut. honest and stern in all mat
ters relating to political cconom), finance.
debts and taxation. Mississippi repudiated,
it is true, but so did Pennsylvania,-and so
more recently has Minnesota. hence and
why the change at the South ? Before 1860
the South would have ducked a candidate
for office who advocated a legal tender
treasury note at fiat money. Do bankers in
Amsterdam. Frankfort, Paris and London
say that there has been no repudiation, no
financial dishonesty In' the United State
outside of the South ? Have no Western
communities enacted laws to .prevcut the
collection of debts held in' he East ? New
York World, Derri. ". .
Fred, Douglass, the leading man of the
colored, race in this country, delivered an
address vn. the negro problem afe Saratoga
a few. days ago, in the course of which he
re iterated his oft-given advice to the ne
groes to let the exodus alone and stick to
tlie OOUtll. I 1118, H IS l 09 ouswteu, is
the advice -which the negroes get from all
the mote intelligent men of their own race.
Charlotte Observer, .
p State's Rights fuom Cirncv Justice
Chask. The Washington I'ost shows!
that the most emphatic aud comprehen
sive declaration of State's lights which
lias been uttered during the State cam
paigns of this year has leeu quoted from
an opiniou of a lie publican Supreme
Court, which opinion was prepared aud
delivered by Chief Justice Chase iu these
worus : I he-TK?rpetuity and indissolu
bility of the Union by no mean implies
the loss of distinct aud individual exis
tence, or the right of self-goveriiuieut by
the States. Uuder the articles ofcoufed
eratiou each State retained its sovereignty,
frecdoin and independence, and every pow
er, jurisdiction and right not expressly
delegated to the united States."
J This utterance should have great
weight with all Republicans, the late
Chief Justice having been oue of their
men : and it should have especial weight
vritb Senator Couking, having come from
it man for the sake of whose daughter he
recently recklessly threw himself iu range
df a frowumg shot-gun.
it seems well adapted .A, set of fur
niture, made of this wood,' has hefla
in use fn Providence, Rl I. for-aboui
twenty yealrIt'takw a'hign poIU
and may ., be cut o as to present j
satin luster .which is very pleasing Ik.
is regarded by somecabhwt raata
eqnal to mahogany antl a suptW i
black walnut in the matter cdTaliaalLr
Inei Fof the'tfeacls of A "boj io-
ftoorapf offices, mills, and wtftabiil
iugs, where a liard, strong: woor& te
quired, it ts regarded ay J maay as
superior to most "of thafc wboi& thus
employed. Its warm aalbfr mkaVi .
an effective TSnisT. whaoi ,nsed wilJh
both light and darker woods atta
Goldsboro Mestenaer : A negro named Si-
thou Islev was sliot and killed in New Hope
r . . i -
ownshio. ou Monday last, under the
lullowiiii? cii-cumstaucesf u seems thut
Islev and a colored woman named Mary
Williams had been arrested on the charge
oT sheep stealing, aud the charge being
sustained alter a preliminary neaiiug oe
fore John A. Kornegay, Esq., they were
ordered to jail in default of baiL Air. Ja.
H. Graut was the officer in whose charge
they were placed. When near Mr. Thos,
J. Vinson's, Isley dashed off at break
neck 6eed, determined to make his es
cape, and in his flight had three pistol
shots tired after him by Mr. Grant. He
succeeded, however, iu making hUescape.
It was not supposed that he was hurt,'
hut on Tuesday his body was accidental
Iy found iu the woods pierced by a pistol
hail. 1 '
wainscoting jis again. 3ewming: fEsli
ionabie ,the ease ,tT. f roaeiaigr' jtlair ;
where
other'wbUara14 U
wood
readily 6bUioab)e,, "wijl.' rnimisit ;
this style of interkm-iliMslh TJaittse
grows more-rapid J wbew ynfrtrig2fcir
when it has fdttmhkl. coastiilcailTs
age.
It has been said that that great jurist
and Democrat, Charles O'Conor, had giv
en to the holders of bonds of the Southern
States the opiniou that a suit would hold
tin such bonds against the States, and that
apou judgment rendered writs could be
executed on any property of the . State,
such its the State-House or other public
buildings.
It is due to the creat reputation of this
eminent aud venerable jurist that this re-
noi t should . be corrected. . ho far is 1 it
from the truth that iu the printed brief of.
Mr. O'Conor in the great case of the Ten
nessee bonds, be asserts that the eleventh
amendment of the constitution, which
j prohibits Suits against States, excludes
all such jurisdiction, aud renders ltupoa
sible auy process froiu the United States
Jrourt against a' State. Hal. Observer.
General Harrlsom axidB SUdal. DrlnalcXa
! It is relatjetl 1 iyislsir . . Piu)
dy that when Genetofc WillEarn j Hfe
ry Ilarrisori u , ?;aitrg:. for Cstfe
Presidency he vteeel, at the' " old
Washingtori Homr hw Gintster,1 for
dirinerv 'After dinner wiwe was'senrr
ed. It wasVnotieed tlt f tat- General
pledged his toasts id water, jd1 i ont
of the gentlemea-froixrKew) YorF in
offering ajjother. i said t il Gerierak
will you nod favor'me by drinking
few glasses of 1 winer?thdeneral
declined in a very genttemannr . man-
tier. , s Jigain he was u urged ,,to rjoitf
theta ina glass of .wine. -iXhia .was
il - .'. .L-.i. jlj.l i.ttj.
;ooi mucin ne Tose irom ' tne taoie;
lis tall form! erect; and in' the most
dignified baubef'
menu a ye reiusea twice ro panaicq
of the wine cu p that . should i .hate
been sufficient; thoagh you i press the
cttp to ray litis not a drop shall pas
the poriaIi.!,5 J iH made", resolve
when rsfitrtetl jniKihat 3tfcini
avoid strong; tlniak and Ibave rneTeir
broken 44t.. 1 am I xmti of i m ;clai
of seventeen young imens whd gntdnal
ted and the other Sixteen w arunit-f
I j The trial of the parties charged with the
Chisholm murder; where the prosecution
relied on proving aAnepiracyto secure
'tliC ronvictiim lof te deleudants, has re
cnHdtn'nii ac ouittkr bv the jury. We
suppose the conspiracy was not satisfac
torily proved.' In ;tliese fases the defend
ants are not shown to have actively partic
ipated in the killing, but are charged with
having agreedtwith others that the murder
should be committed. Unless f we 3 err,!) a
Person in New York -miuht have lieen
A Successful ExTEnrmsa. Col. Julian
Allen, of Statesville, who was in the city yes
terday, gives a gratifying rejM)rtof the suc
cess which helia3 realized in the manufacture
of cigarettes. He established a cigarette fac
tory at Statesville a few months ago, and al
ready finds himself compelled to enlarge.
His present quarters are not sufficiently large
to accommodate the number of hands that he
feels it necessary to work in order to meet
the demand upon his manufactures, and he
is preparing to build. His cigarette, the
"Golden Bell," is made of the best "North
Carolina tobacco and pure rice paer.apdhe
finds ready sale in "New York for all that he
can make. It is indeed a very superior arti-j
clc, and it is bv no means surprising that it is
in demand. At nresent orders are in excess
of the capacity of thi manufacturerto fill, but jLuj
he trusts soon to oe auie, oy rcusim oi mti cs-?
ed force and improved facilities, to meet the
rfotoand.
CoI.'AIIen has been living n Iredell for ,
All the phosphate companies in the
neighborhoods of Beaufort and Port lioy
il, with a single exception, have suspen
ded operatious and discharged their etn-
loyces. Ut the nve companies cugageu
n uiiiiinrr phosphates in Charleston coun-
ijr, three have likewise snspendetl work
' fourth, it is said, is on the point of do
insso, while the fifth is kept at work
completing, an unexpired contract, , but
will also suspend ns soon as existing en
irsiremeutfl shall have tieen fall filled. We
are told that more than two thousand la-
Mirers, are, thus thrown oat of employ
lent, The cause of this serious judufl-
. . j' ' . ,.:.". . .. . e .. r
rial calamity as a cessation oi uie loreiau
ematid tor " phosphate rock. Kalevjh
Observer. - ' '
Seekiso to Divert the Exodus. Other
reports to the contrary, Kansas has evident-
Iv already Hart enoun oi ine coiorea ex-
The mayors of Kansas City and
Wyandotte, Kansas, and Kansas City, 3Io,
Which is on the Kanws norticr, nave inril
d acoBference with5 the refujreer commit-
nm, . f C. T s.u ia TnrV it an1 ntliPT TWkintB
w . ... ... j. ' itn w f ikj.. -c . r
three years or more, navini; moveu iiuiuer lo nel(j jn Kansas Cityj -Mo,, 8cpt,24,
from Brooklyn, a. x. -c is iucui.i wi iheoliiect beinff. in the lansniageof tbe call.
culture and means. He is much likea among t nieasuresr for diverting the tide
hi new neighbors, and It pleases us to know rf eirrl cxo4a8 to other States than Kan
that he is succeeding in business nevona ins Cas, AQ(i to discuss other subjects of .inter-
own most sanguine expeciaiiona. -vuwmuiiv
Observer.' ' .' l". '.'..'.';.. - ....
Gen. Sherman's Salisbury letter has gotlea
him a presidential loom.. The; Philadelphia
'litnes aavs. 'the "BurlinBton JTaa-i Eye, which
is too stalwart for any ordinary use, nominates
est in the same connection.
. S c
i k..:i ."7 : - . . ......... . - - - , i "vvnniam
liin rjl "f l 1,. . I !ia wa. 1, nNiniuuil In niAfl OHO Hie nVXI OaT Hal in ' v. .. In. nrtt Antv tvrn wmn
. vnun av j. a. aiiia .i n u t j .r w ki-v w runin inniii x m uk. iiiui v v uu w m.
and prorrr. a Dr. PteTs was a i,linei fcr his eccopation. Jn cvosMng a Wered n wrroUiv and srnped only at the
chanrcd in like manner, and the conspiracy i,e General.' but perhaps some arrangement T J!
. . - . I , L-..U . 5 ..r. .. tn.nl T?l ' l' I. T..,...I l rnn birr. Cnr V 1 F
made of ; octna:: poveu. coyiui w whuwm- j w euw.v. -
i;ttper-itv -Ifity. l ViV 1 ' wi th tteketlrlth; W troihttH
Specie increases in the bank of England,
notwithstanding the heavy shipments to
tins 1 countrr. But' plenty of specie in
bank docs not make good times for the
English neoide. Their business troubles
for Vice President pow n0 ln- of earlJ departurft.-KaI-
prgu toserrcT .
ur-
ards graves all through M the, perni
cious habit of ine-drinking.,.. I, ow
all ,niy Jiealtli, happiness and prosper
ity to that resolution." Will rou urge
rac now ?'
CoMPAnAi
IVE Strexqtu op
Ex
pi6sivy.fhe!Wpox..of,4ne" .Unfe.
ted Stale? Hpardot(1iVrraj ng'neerai
just published, presents the following:
interesting table as the result of twov
years' thorough trial of 1 the relative1
emctencj oi ne various rauueru va-t
I . I : H .1 M M a mm . I a mm?
plosives, laaiiig oruiuary ujruuit mm
the standard: ' '.-.':.i"jvi
Pynamite, No. J..,..-.-10-
Guncotton.u.... ...... .--- W
Dnaltn...;-. - .V: ..HI
Kendrock;Li.il.!..i.rr:;t.:.. W
Dynamite, Ko. 2.. ... .'ii.'..
' Vulcan nowder...........
-i Mica powder.; t
l'Itorfve;rinoU..ii,.; 81
O'ar r - -
t .
Hercalea powder No. 1
I Hercules powder No. 2..,-, w': v
. siit, t .',"' ,t2i.diiul'''-
I s0 Ke wvY orlf , lias contributed t&
to jtlie I Mem jhis i suffiircrs. -This? a
exclusive .ofJJay Goulds muniiaeii I
gift of $10,000.
ECTPTTAKWros.CoPLondon, 8ept.
20. -The jimhs says the news concerning ;
tlie Egyptian otton crop, continues very ,
rmAd and a lar?e vicld u ipected. -The
- . . ' 1,
siimplevso far are of 500114011 iy.
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